First of all I worked for Borders books so this is one of those where I talk about OTHER interviews (although including successful interviews could be helpful I will not for now but might go back and do so later on).
1. My first time ever interviewing for Borders Books was when they were opening The Block of Orange (as it was called back then) in 1998. A new outdoor mall where I later would get my first retail job. I wanted a bookstore job so badly so I went to them to interview. But was sadly told I lacked any retail experience which is why they could not hire me...
2. When I moved to Arizona I tried for a Borders near us. The store was located in this parking lot by this ice skating rink we barely found it. I was not interviewing for the store but for their calendar kiosk Day by Day (before Day by Day got sold). It was late 2010 and I needed a job and I so badly wanted to work for the company. The interview went fine even though I had to RESCHEDULE it when something happened and the manager was not in on the day I was going to do it originally (its okay we saw the olive mill that day in Queen Creek all good!). Sadly they did not hire me but I will never know why. With ALL my experience both with calendars and the company I will never know why I was not taken on.
3. My third and last time interviewing for them came also in AZ. It was for a Borders far from our house about 40 min in Mesa. A nice mall I will never see again because I only saw it twice. The manager liked me enough to call me in for a café job. I had ZERO food experience in a café but she acted like at the time over the phone it was okay even though I didn't apply for the café. But when I got there for my first ever group interview with two other people I found they wanted experience. I was very upset because it was not easy to come that far for a job that would not take me on. It was a more stay for good job as the calendar kiosk wouldn't have been. And it took place a few weeks after my other failure one.
Honestly I didn't know my interview in Mesa would be the last ever as the company I loved tanked in 2011 and were gone for good before the years end :(
_________________________________________________________________________________________________Updated on November 10th, 2013:
4. I interviewed for Borders another time in Arizona. This time it was in Scottsdale. At the time I thought it was for their calendar kiosk Day by Day which is what I had applied for and was told. When I arrived the manager on duty didn't even know I was coming. So he had no real questions for me and even told me he was making up some questions as he didn't have my resume or anything. I ended up being interviewed for the store not the kiosk. I went upstairs to the café (yes it was two story). The interview was weird and felt odd. And it wasn't shocking they never called me back. I called them back but never got hired for the store or the kiosk! Sad but true.
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